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rbike  ·  3379 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's your choice for New Zealand's new flag?

Why did they decide to make a change?





briandmyers  ·  3374 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Union Jack in the corner of our current flag is a little too "colonial" for some people's tastes; also, the NZ flag and the Aussie flag are nearly identical at the moment.

There is a very active social media campaign for the "Red Peak" option to be included in the options; so far it looks like it won't happen, but I love this design :

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11508844

rbike  ·  3374 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do agree they are quite similar. Will have to look up the Red Peak version.

briandmyers  ·  3374 days ago  ·  link  ·  
rbike  ·  3374 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like it! Why didnt they include that one?

briandmyers  ·  3343 days ago  ·  link  ·  
briandmyers  ·  3374 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was in the top 40, but it didn't get a lot of attention until people started noticing the lack of variety in the final 4 (which some people have called "what colours do you want with your fern? Or would you rather go for the possum's bum?")